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We asked over 200 female tech leaders what their biggest career goals were. The most common response? Inspiring and mentoring more women in the industry 💜 In our new report, those 200 women share the experiences and career advice they wish they'd had on their route to leadership. Get advice from the women leading the way: https://hubs.la/Q02JMmd60

Thanks for posting this about Rob Stein, Margo Edris. Rob's been one of the premier supporters of the Institute for Excellence in Sales IES Women in Sales Leadership (WISL) Forums for years. He's an example of the allies who are actively supporting #WomenInSales leaders at the IES Premier Women in Sales Employers such as Salesforce. Our WomenInSales Leadership Elevation conference is on October 11-12 in Reston, VA. The theme is "What’s Won and Lost for Companies and Salespeople--Especially Women!--in Our Semi-Hybrid, increasingly AI-Driven World? https://bit.ly/3sExBqh

What an amazing Leadership Summit to help organize and bridge connection between students and professionals. Let's keep the discussion going, ask yourself: am I truly embracing my unique strengths and leveraging them to create a meaningful impact in my life? #leadershipsummit #empowerment #education

"Black women in particular have always predominated in the sector—and Black women in leadership are exactly what this sector needs and should be thankful for." - Nonprofit Quarterly, Spring Issue: A Critical Report on the State of Black Woman Leadership Keecha Harris, DrPH, RD is featured in this issue alongside 16 brilliant leaders. In her piece, she shares the unique opportunity for Black women leaders caught in the midst of organizational philanthropy’s slow but inevitable reckoning and how we can capitalize on this moment to: 1. Build authentic partnerships 2. Level-set relationships 3. And, practice expansive leadership to hardwire change for generations to come. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gn9TQmw6

The 2023 Women in Sport Leadership Snapshot found that organizations are falling short with staff representation of women. Diverse boards, leadership teams and staff mean sport organizations are more innovative, inclusive, accountable and better able to manage risk including safe sport, financial sustainability and effective governance.   Learn more in our research: https://lnkd.in/dUdkX77P

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"Women still need so much more representation, access, and inclusion with more professional development and networking opportunities for there to be more equal footing in the business of sports, too. This momentum and this moment for women should spill over into every facet of sports." Hear from Deputy Director Kaila'Shea Menendez on why you should attend the April 11th Emerging Women in Sports Leadership Summit! https://lnkd.in/emTt3CxE

Excellent leadership opportunity!!

White Women: If you support Black women in leadership, allies are also welcome to register. If we (white women) want to be part of meaningful change, white women must choose womanhood over whiteness. This requires us (white women) to unlearn what we have been taught about about racial injustice, discrimination, and white supremacy in this country. We must be willing to relearn what it will take to dismantle white supremacy. White women have been part of white supremacy in America since the very beginning, experts point out, dating back to their role in slavery. “They were at the table when the system was designed,” Stephanie Jones-Rogers, a history professor at UC Berkeley and author of the book They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South, told Vox. “They were co-architects of the system.” It’s hard for a lot of white women to read that last paragraph and embrace this reality. White women historically have leveraged their white power and privilege to gain advantage over women of color; leveraging their whiteness was an intentional strategy when one is operating within a predominantly white male patriarchy. Whiteness over womanhood is easy math. Having privilege doesn’t make white women bad people, and acknowledging privilege shouldn’t be a burden. Acknowledging privilege is an opportunity to learn, grow, and be better, so we can create a just, equitable, and inclusive world. Benefiting from privilege doesn’t make you a bad person, but it does require you to use your privilege to interrupt, challenge, and ultimately end white supremacy. We can’t dismantle what we cannot see. We have to be intentional by practicing seeing how racism is baked into systems and how those systems shape and influence the lives of people and communities. We need to put Black women’s voices at the center of our ongoing journey to reeducation in this country. Need some inspiration? Start by exploring these voices: Anna Julia Cooper, Ntozake Shante, Maria W. Stewart, Joan Morgan, Angela Y. Davis, Tressie McMillan Cotton, Mia Birdsong, Claudia Jones, Mikki Kendall, Paula Giddings, Marita Bonner, Nora Neale Hurston, Lorraine Hansberry, and Rev. Pauli Murray. This is not an exhaustive list, but a great start. This list was provided by W. Kamau Bell and Kate Schatz, authors of DO THE WORK, An Antiracist Activity Book. https://a.co/d/aq6A6BZ Here is Amazon link for the book, $13.99, small investment with a big payoff.

One of my favorite benefits of working for Bank of America, is the opportunities that lie within our Employee Network Groups. Check out the video below to hear more about one of my personal favorites, LEAD for Women.